CDE extends a warm welcome to three new affiliates, Lindsay Jacobs, Hyunseung Kang, and Jeffrey Smith. Jacobs joined the La Follette School of Public Affairs in January 2018 as an assistant professor. Jacobs specializes in labor economics, particularly among older populations, and her research focuses on retirement preparedness and the interactions among health, jobs tasks, …
The annual meeting of the Population Association of America (PAA) is the most important annual scientific conference for the dissemination and discussion of new population-related research. Scholars from a range of disciplines come together to share cutting-edge research that addresses today’s most challenging demographic, social, economic, and public health issues. This year’s meetings will take …
Congratulations to Maria Cancian (public affairs; social work), J. Michael Collins (public affairs; human ecology), Katherine Curtis (community and environmental sociology), and Jenny Higgins (gender and women’s studies; obstetrics and gynecology) who recently received major research awards from UW–Madison. Cancian was honored with the Kellett Mid-Career Award, which recognizes and supports research conducted by faculty …
Started in 1998, UW–Madison’s Cluster Hiring Initiative, an innovative partnership between the university, state, and the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation fosters collaborative research, education, and outreach. The initiative creates new areas of study that cross the boundaries of existing academic departments, and since its launch 20 years ago, nearly 50 interdisciplinary clusters have received support. …